You'll also need a safety belt, a high-end harness and tether, and descent-control L4 Nylon Type 4 rope. Because helicopter rappelling is conducted in a noisy environment, you have to know the ...

Then step off. It might appear easy in the field manual, but tough in practice when you consider you're now standing 60 feet above ground wearing a seat harness and holding a rope. It's time to ...

Military.com ran a story today about ... or up to 40 soldiers, with ropes, ice axes, crampons and other climbing gear certified by the International Mountaineering and Climbing Federation.

Climbing ropes is a difficult challenge that has haunted young athletes, from middle-school PE class to military recruits, for generations. You need to develop two things to master climbing rope ...

Since MIT spinout Atlas Devices’ flagship product, the Atlas Powered Rope Ascender (APA), first ... scaling (or “power ascension”) in the military and other fields. Photo credits courtesy ...

Late in the afternoon of 25 November, some 35 officer cadets and some staff participated in a rappelling exercise from a CH-146 Griffon helicopter at Royal Military College Saint-Jean. From a ...